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Haye wants a 50-50 purse split for Wladimir rematch
July 12th, 2011
By William Mackay: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) reportedly not only wants a rematch with IBF/WBA/WBO Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) without having to fight one or two times to try and redeem himself, Haye also wants a 50-50 purse split of the revenue, according to thesun.co.uk.
This is pretty amusing given that Haye was beaten by Wladimir on July 2nd in a 12 round decision loss in a fight that Haye was never really competitive in.
Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir’s brother, had this to say about Haye wanting a 50-50 deal: “Does he not realize he is the challenger? He has no belts and here he is demanding things. David Haye is done.”
Haye says he’ll be retiring on October 13th when he turns 31 unless Wladimir gives him a rematch. Wladimir isn’t going to give Haye an immediate rematch and is looking at possibly taking on Dereck Chisora if he can get by Tyson Fury on July 23. In the meantime, Vitali offered to fight Haye, but Haye said that he has “No beef” with Vitali. Some boxing fans see this as meaning that Haye is afraid of Vitali and wants no part of fighting him. Haye states that the reason he wants a rematch with Wladimir is that he lost to him and he wants to avenge the defeat before retiring.
That makes sense, but what doesn’t make sense is Haye asking for a 50-50 purse split and not wanting to fight anyone to show that he’s capable of beating top fighters. The loss to Wladimir was so one-sided that it would be a lot harder to get the kind of interest from boxing fans that they had last time.
Haye could help out the situation by at least beating a life body and showing he’s not a fighter that was based on hype. After all, all of Haye’s wins at heavyweight came against aging heavyweights and not young fighters. At heavyweight, Haye’s wins have come against 39-year-old Audley Harrison, 38-year-old John Ruiz, 38-year-old Monte Barrett and 36-year-old Nikolay Valuev.
July 12th, 2011
By William Mackay: Former WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-2, 23 KO’s) reportedly not only wants a rematch with IBF/WBA/WBO Wladimir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) without having to fight one or two times to try and redeem himself, Haye also wants a 50-50 purse split of the revenue, according to thesun.co.uk.
This is pretty amusing given that Haye was beaten by Wladimir on July 2nd in a 12 round decision loss in a fight that Haye was never really competitive in.
Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir’s brother, had this to say about Haye wanting a 50-50 deal: “Does he not realize he is the challenger? He has no belts and here he is demanding things. David Haye is done.”
Haye says he’ll be retiring on October 13th when he turns 31 unless Wladimir gives him a rematch. Wladimir isn’t going to give Haye an immediate rematch and is looking at possibly taking on Dereck Chisora if he can get by Tyson Fury on July 23. In the meantime, Vitali offered to fight Haye, but Haye said that he has “No beef” with Vitali. Some boxing fans see this as meaning that Haye is afraid of Vitali and wants no part of fighting him. Haye states that the reason he wants a rematch with Wladimir is that he lost to him and he wants to avenge the defeat before retiring.
That makes sense, but what doesn’t make sense is Haye asking for a 50-50 purse split and not wanting to fight anyone to show that he’s capable of beating top fighters. The loss to Wladimir was so one-sided that it would be a lot harder to get the kind of interest from boxing fans that they had last time.
Haye could help out the situation by at least beating a life body and showing he’s not a fighter that was based on hype. After all, all of Haye’s wins at heavyweight came against aging heavyweights and not young fighters. At heavyweight, Haye’s wins have come against 39-year-old Audley Harrison, 38-year-old John Ruiz, 38-year-old Monte Barrett and 36-year-old Nikolay Valuev.
, how can you score it 120-107 for Wladimir?
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